A Clinical study to determine the effect of intravenous dexmedetomidine in patients given spinal anesthesia
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- ASA 1&2
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2014/05/004616
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Anil Thomas
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 90
Inclusion Criteria
all patients Who give informed valid consent
Patients scheduled for lower abdominal, urological, gynaecological and orthopaedic surgeries under spinal anaesthesia
Exclusion Criteria
Any contra-indication to sub arachnoid block like hypotension, coagulation defects, spine abnormalities etc.
Body weight >120 kg and height <150 cm.
Patients with labile hypertension, heart block, arrhythmias.
Patients on calcium channel blockers, adrenergic receptor blockers, ACE inhibitors α- adrenergic agonists.
Allergic to the drug.
Pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the duration of Sensory and Motor block with the addition of intravenous dexmedetomidine to intrathecal hyperbaric BupivacaineTimepoint: 24HOURS
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.To study the duration of analgesia and the level of sedation. <br/ ><br>2.To study the hemodynamic effect. <br/ ><br>3.To study the occurrence of side effects <br/ ><br>Timepoint: ONE MONTH